Place Name Takes its name from a small district in Surrey which was once a detached possession of the manor…
Place Name Joseph Bowen was the Borough Surveyor at Wimbledon Council who over saw the development of the Council’s Housing…
Place Name This road originally continued all the way down to the Worple Road, but once development got under way…
Place Name Originally a continuation of Denmark Road, it changed to its present name sometime in the late 19thCentury as…
Place Name There has been a Crooked Billet pub – for a time Ye Olde Crooked Billet – since around…
Place Name Named due to its proximity to The Crescent, which itself was so-named after its shape, sandwiched as it…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Named after farmer William Cowdrey (born sometime around 1661 – May 17, 1723). Farming had taken…
Place Name This road was laid out in 1956 on the grounds that previously belonged to Chester House. How it…
Place Name Sophia Johnstone (1785 – 1841), the Duchess of Cannizzaro (note the spelling), was a tour de force of…
Place Name Until 1588, Wimbledon was a farmers’ village, of little importance. That changed when Sir Thomas Cecil, the eldest…